Rove Group To Attack Obama For Using Same $1.1M Bus GOP Candidate Will Use
Rove Group To Attack Obama For Using Same $1.1M Bus GOP Candidate Will Use
Such an ad would undoubtedly be a bit awkward for the eventual Republican presidential nominee, who’d be using an identical $1.1 million Secret Service-owned bus on the campaign trail by the time American Crossroads said they’d run the ads next fall. - Talking Points Memo
Karl Rove’s American Crossroads group is planning to “make a star out of” the $1.1 million armored bus President Barack Obama is using to travel across the country by featuring it in attack ads ahead of the 2012 election.
A secret service officer dusts off US President Barack Obama’s bus in Davenport, Iowa, August 17, 2011, during the final day of his three-day bus tour in the Midwest centering on ways to grow the economy. Getty
Such an ad would undoubtedly be a bit awkward for the eventual Republican presidential nominee, who’d be using an identical $1.1 million Secret Service-owned bus on the campaign trail by the time American Crossroads said they’d run the ads next fall.
It also puts the conservative organization in the position of attacking Obama for the Secret Service’s decision to purchase two protective vehicles they say provide better security than campaign buses retro-fitted with protective armor, which they’ve “never been fully comfortable with.”
